Page 17 - AGC Journal 2018

AGC JOURNAL 2018

Training Honours and

Development Team Awards

By Major Ian McLeish We congratulate those who have been honoured with awards
during the year.

The Training Development Team defines and evaluates individual

training requirements for Staff and Personnel Support, Royal Military
Police, Military Provost Staff, Military Provost Guard Service, Army Legal New Year’s Honours List 2018 The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2018

Services, and Educational and Training Services.
The Military Division of The Most Excellent Order of The The Military Division Of The Most Honourable Order
British Empire Of The Bath

Role Wider Activities As Officers (OBE) As Companions (CB)
Colonel Michael Peter Sykes Lieutenant General James Ian Bashall CBE

Our Role helps to ensure the operational effectiveness of We also play our part in supporting key events

Corps personnel fulfilling more than 50 separate roles, throughout the year, supporting the Late Entry As Members (MBE) Major General Ivan Bartholomew Leonard Jones

from Close Protection Officer to Regimental Accountant, Commissioning Assessment Board in September,

Legal Adviser to Learning Development Officer. We are and leading the organisation of the Triple Crown

located with Corps Headquarters in Worthy Down, Competition in May 2019. Major Barry James Cooke, Adjutant General’s Corps The Military Division of The Most Excellent Order of
(Staff and Personnel Support Branch)

The British Empire
but working to priorities set by the four Corps Training
Requirement Authorities; the team is uniquely placed to The Future Staff Sergeant (now Warrant Officer Class 2) Adrienne As Members (MBE)

ensure quality training outcomes. Richelle Lavery, Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and

Work for the Military Provost Staff, Military Provost Guard

The Team Service, Personnel Support Transformation Programme Personnel Support Branch) Staff Sergeant Sohail Ashraf, Adjutant General’s Corps

(Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
and Educational and Training Services will dominate

In addition to my role as the Officer Commanding / into 2019. In addition, the team will continue to support Lieutenant Colonel Paula Janet Nicholas, Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Paula Michelle George, Adjutant

General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch)
Learning Development Adviser, the team of analysts is activities, especially the Triple Crown Competition 2019. General’s Corps (Educational and Training Services
comprised of Captain Martin Clarke who is responsible With a following wind, preparation will transform into Branch)
for Educational and Training Services and Army Legal a move into new offices as part of Project Wellesley at

Services training requirements. Warrant Officer Class some point in 2019. Apart from myself, who has recently Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) Terence Robson,

2 Lisa Hall and Staff Sergeant Damien Maddock are arrived in post, all military staff will move on to pastures Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support

collectively responsible for Staff and Personnel training, new in 2019. All of them have done a wonderful job for Branch)
and Staff Sergeant Johnny Rumgay leads the work for the team and the Corps and I wish them all the very best

the Royal Military Police, Military Provost Staff and the for the future.

Military Provost Guard Service. All military staff have
continued to build on their subject matter expertise and
have become training requirement masters, applying
their considerable personal attributes to ensure success.
The team is superbly supported by our two Civil Servants,
John Middleton and Sam Banda; they help keep the

military staff on track and in good spirits through a
combination of vast reserves of knowledge, information
technology wizardry, down to earth advice and healthy,
regular doses of good humour.
Recent Projects
As ever, the team has been entrusted with a wide variety
of projects from all four Branches. The Royal Military
Police has focused on development of requirements
for Trade Training, resulting in all 15 courses being
re-written. Subsequent work into 2019 will see similar
completion of eight courses for Military Provost Staff.

This is in addition to supporting Royal Military Police
incorporation of the Battle Craft Syllabus into Unit
training. The Staff and Personnel Support analysts await

the outcome of the Personnel Support Transformation
Programme, but have been busy undertaking the
evaluation of training for a wide variety of Staff and

Personnel Support and Army Welfare Service roles; even
as both analysts transition to resettlement. Work to The Team. Standing: Damion Maddock, Sam Banda, Ian McLeish,
deliver online Army Legal Services training has been John Middleton and Johnny Rumgay. Kneeling: Martin Clarke and
supported, alongside work on training requirements for Lisa Hall with their dogs
Educational and Training Services Officers.

16 17